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The View from Above

The View from Above

Last month, I flew to Alaska for a writer’s retreat hosted by Craig Martelle, SciFi author and the leader of the 20Booksto50K movement. It was the first time I’d been on an airplane in roughly three decades. While I’m an avid planespotter, most of my travel is done by car. The logistics of traveling by air were a little baffling. I ended up shifting my plans and staying in Fairbanks after the retreat ended, thereby negating the need for a rental…

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Looking for America

Looking for America

I’m on my way home from a spontaneous road trip, embarked upon last week due to an itchy restlessness I couldn’t shake. I haven’t been on one of these in a while. The last one took me to the very same place I ended up in this time, along a very similar route, almost exactly one year ago.I tell people I’m a free spirit, but maybe traveling this journey twice in two years is the beginning of a routine, or…

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Knitting Travel Clothes

Knitting Travel Clothes

A few months ago, after deciding I would definitely be traveling to the South Pacific by hook or by crook, I began planning for the journey by making notes on travel needs, getting a passport, and researching housing arrangements. I also took the not-quite-radical step of revamping my wardrobe with an eye toward natural fabrics that would travel well and hold up in a variety of climates. Now, I’m not exactly easy to fit. Most clothes are geared toward women with…

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Dreamland

Dreamland

I just finished watching both series (seasons) of Dreamland, originally titled Utopia, an Australian satire mocking bureaucratic waste and inefficiency centered on the fictional Nation Building Authority. The show is part of the research I’m conducting prior to traveling to Oz in the next couple of years. I want to have a good feel for the culture and language before I go, as I intend to set a story there. Why else would I travel halfway around the world?

Bucket List: Australia

Bucket List: Australia

Note: This post originally appeared on my author blog on 9 December 2015. My son and I love to travel and we have a ton of places we want to go. For the past few months, we’ve been dreaming of going to Australia. I have friends in the Melbourne and Brisbane areas, so we figured we’d hit both places in one go, since they’re only a couple of hours apart by plane. One friend, knowing we’re hoping to travel there…

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